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This Research Guide includes selected sources which pertain to the history, culture, geography, and politics of the diverse groups of people who reside (or who historically have resided) in the Middle East.

Introduction

Welcome to the LibGuide for MIDDLE EAST STUDIES

This Research Guide includes selected sources which pertain to the history, culture, geography, and politics of the diverse groups of people who reside (or who have historically resided) in the Middle East.

Resources have been selected which pertain to the primary Middle East Countries, as well as countries from other regions that are frequently grouped with the Middle East countries. Below is a list of countries linked to the corresponding CIA World Factbook country profile. For profiles from other sources, click on the Political Surveys tab.

ISIS or ISIL

Stern and Berger offer a much-needed perspective on how world leaders should prioritize and respond to ISIS's deliberate and insidious provocations in this compelling, essential account.

The Rise of Islamic State
by Patrick Cockburn

Call Number: (LC, RH) Stacks HV6433.I722 C64 2015

London ; New York : Verso, [2015]

The essential 'on the ground' report on the fastest-growing new threat in the Middle East from the Winner of the 2014 Foreign Affairs Journalist of The Year Award

ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror
by Michael Weiss; Hassan Hassan

Call Number: (LC, RH) Stacks HV6433.I722 W45 2015

New York, NY : Regan Arts, [2015]

Drawing on original interviews with former US military officials and current ISIS fighters, the authors also reveal the internecine struggles within the movement itself, as well as ISIS's bloody hatred of Shiite Muslims, which is generating another sectarian war in the region.